Samantha Lane
Samantha Lane is a sports writer with The Age's sports section. She joined The Sunday Age's sports team in 2005, where she specialised in the coverage of Australian Rules football, before joining the daily Age in 2007. She has a wealth of multi-media broadcasting experience since starting her journalism career in 2002 at www.afl.com.au. She is also a panellist on Network Ten's Before the Game. Samantha covered the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games, the 2008 Beijing Olympics and will be reporting extensively on the 2012 London Olympics.
Cycling
Team's strength is in numbers
Samantha Lane GreenEDGE's numerical strength likely to deliver titles to its own.
Cycling
Stretch of the legs, and a win
Samantha Lane Cameron Meyer woke at 4am in Perth to travel to Ballarat for a street circuit race that night.
Cycling
Meyer warms up for main event with bewildering victory
Samantha Lane CAMERON MEYER'S honour roll is as long as it is varied, but he never expected to add national criterium champion to it, even when he was in the midst of staging the feat.
Cycling
Track could lure Meyer
Samantha Lane Cameron Meyer would return to the boards if his pet events returned to the Olympics.
Durbridge rides through the pain barrier for sweetest win
Samantha Lane LUKE DURBRIDGE might have felt he died a thousand deaths to land a historic double but twice in five days the most untapped talent in Australian cycling made winning look easy.
Cycling
Glory goes to Goss in GreenEdge win
Samantha Lane GreenEDGE'S first victory in Europe surprised even the team's awestruck directors.
Cycling
Title gives O'Shea Games boost
Samantha Lane Some Olympic pursuits take a lifetime of work and still never materialise. Glenn O'Shea presents a contrasting case.
Cycling
Finally, Meares gets that winning feeling
Samantha Lane From the moment the gun started the opening round of keirin qualifying, Anna Meares was back.
Cycling
Belgians on top
Samantha Lane Belgian duo stage the surprise of the world titles in the last race of the meet.
Cycling
Perkins still in fine-tuning mode: coach
Samantha Lane Australia's head cycling coach cited 'a variety of factors' for the team's top male sprinter, Shane Perkins, failing to defend his keirin crown or delivering medals in two Olympic events at the world...
